Abstract
The logarithmic dependence of streamwise turbulence intensity has been observed repeatedly in recent experimental and direct numerical simulation data. However, its spectral counterpart, a well-developed
$k^{-1}$
spectrum (
$k$
is the spatial wavenumber in a wall-parallel direction), has not been convincingly observed from the same data. In the present study, we revisit the spectrum-based attached eddy model of Perry and co-workers, who proposed the emergence of a
$k^{-1}$
spectrum in the inviscid limit, for small but finite
$z/\delta$
and for finite Reynolds numbers (
$z$
is the wall-normal coordinate, and
$\delta$
is the outer length scale). In the upper logarithmic layer (or inertial sublayer), a reexamination reveals that the intensity of the spectrum must vary with the wall-normal location at order of
$z/\delta$
, consistent with the early observation argued with ‘incomplete similarity’. The streamwise turbulence intensity is subsequently calculated, demonstrating that the existence of a well-developed
$k^{-1}$
spectrum is not a necessary condition for the approximate logarithmic wall-normal dependence of turbulence intensity – a more general condition is the existence of a premultiplied power-spectral intensity of
$O(1)$
for
$O(1/\delta ) < k < O(1/z)$
. Furthermore, it is shown that the Townsend–Perry constant must be weakly dependent on the Reynolds number. Finally, the analysis is semi-empirically extended to the lower logarithmic layer (or mesolayer), and a near-wall correction for the turbulence intensity is subsequently proposed. All the predictions of the proposed model and the related analyses/assumptions are validated with high-fidelity experimental data (Samie et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 851, 2018, pp. 391–415).
Funder
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Australian Research Council
Leverhulme Trust
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
Cited by
11 articles.
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